The Trouble with Poverty (The Autonomy Myth, Chapter 1) | Aaron Ross Powell - 25 views
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Professor Craig on 11 Jun 11Absolute poverty and relative poverty are quite different. As stated in your text, social scientists feel that relative poverty is more meaningful.
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Poverty is measured in relative terms.
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But if incomes tripled—if suddenly everyone in the US could purchase three times as much quality of life as they could before—there would still be a bottom quintile and one-fifth of children would be in it.